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What's a telegraph?
The telegraph was a device that worked like never before. It allowed messages to be delivered over a long distance far faster than a horse and rider could carry them. Although the device could only deliver short messages it was definitely time killing. -
Can you hear me now?
After years of research and experimentation, including the improvement of the telegraph, Alexander Graham Bell hit the nail on the head with the invention of the very first telephone. The following year he was sued with allegations that he stole the idea from someone else. -
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"You get a phone, you get a phone, EVERYBODY GETS A...."
By this time more and more phones were being made and integrated into peoples homes so that people could keep in touch and communicate among each other -
"Geo- what??"
A website called "Geocities" was created in hopes to help people create and build websites so that they could make postings and upload pictures to show the world. years later it was adopted by yahoo. -
connections on top of connections
After those school days have come to an end (no matter what level) you want to keep in touch with your former classmates and see how their lives are going and what not right? Well a website called "classmates" thought the same thing. -
who was actually first in the social media era...?
Named after the 'six degrees of separation theory' "SixDegrees" allowed users to create a profile and then friend other users. Six Degrees even allowed those who didn’t register as users to confirm friendships and connected a decent amount of people. -
The Godfather of instant messaging
Without permission at all from their bosses at the time a small group of collegues secretly launched an instant messaging platform called AOL instant messaging or "AIM." Their goal was to create a simple and easy way to communicate with others through casual online communication. -
Internet sensation!
With nearly 100 million people with access to the internet, more and more people are beginning to interact socially online through chat rooms, friend finding and so forth. The online frenzy is starting to begin. -
Get LinkedIn
A place where professionals, entrepreneurs, and young individuals looking to make connections and network with other professionals and entrepreneurs this became the platform to do so.People could also find potential jobs through "LinkedIn" as well. -
Time for an upgrade
A small group of colleagues came up with the biggest social media site of this time known as "MySpace." A place where people logged on each and everyday to talk to friends, customize profiles, posts pictures, and even play music. -
Join the wave.
With a mission to "make the world more open and connected," the social media site was Initially invented only for people who attended the prestige Harvard university. The now well known Mark Zuckerberg created a site we all know today as "Facebook." Although the original name was "The Facebook" which he adopted from the sheets of paper distributed to freshmen, profiling students and staff at the university. -
"Probably not for boring people"
Started in a small San Francisco home by an entrepreneurial couple, the pair started a site called "Bebo" in hopes to create a social media platform much different than the rest. A couple years later the two inventors sold the company to AOL making a whopping $595 million dollar profit. Talk about a return on investments right? -
One tweet just isn't enough!
Originally known as "twittr," a group of friends came up with a system where you could send a text to one number and it would be broadcasted out to all of your friends. Later the name changer to "Twitter' and the rest is history. -
A picture tells a thousand words
A social networking site that allowed its users to share photos of their lives as well as view photos from people around the world. their mission, "to not just be a photo-sharing app, but to be the way you share your life when you're on the go." I bet you wish you started this first right? Me too. -
"I wish these photos would disappear!"
Known in the business market as "Snap Inc," Snapchat decided to take instant messaging to new levels. Through snapchat not only could you send pictures to friends instantly at the moment, the photos only lasted for a certain amount of time (at least up until screenshotting was developed). Today, over a billion users access and use snapchat daily. I don't think even the inventors knew their small start up app would be this big.
